The Bacchae 2.1
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 18, 2001
Closed Apr 21, 2001
Opened Mar 18, 2001
Closed Apr 21, 2001
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Playwright and historian Charles L. Mee, Jr. is known for his inventive and exciting adaptations of the Greeks. With Bacchae 2.1, he once again displays his talent for contemporizing the classics, transforming Euripides' cautionary tale The Bacchae into a celebration of the dark, suppressed, and secretly delicious. Better judgement loses sway as Dionysus leads us into the green hills of total freedom, where love becomes hate, orgies become armies, and lingerie doubles as armor. Kenn Watt directs.
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There seems to be a mini-explosion of adaptations of The Bacchae emanating from downtown New York's rich theatrical scene. The popular performance troupe Elevator Repair Service recently staged Highway to Tomorrow, a postmodern take on the Greek classic. Now the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company is presenting two more contemporary versions: Caryl Churchill and David Lan's A Mouthful of Birds and Charles Mee's The Bacchae 2.1. Both New York premieres are presented in rotating repertory.
Mee's work follows Euripides' basic plot. Dionysus (Michael Aronov), son of the god Zeus and the mortal woman Semele, comes to Thebes. The ruler of the city, Pentheus (Jonathan Tindle), refuses to acknow[...]